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Winter Academic All-Ivy -- 2008-09
Created: 3/31/2009 11:30:50 AM

The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for Academic All-Ivy honors in winter sports for the 2008-09 season. The 80 men and women were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages. Each institution nominated five men and women from its eligible student-athletes. The full list; alphabetically by institution; follows. For the all-time Academic All-Ivy list; please click here.

2008-09 WINTER ACADEMIC ALL-IVY

Brown University

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Duriel Hardy

Jr.

West Chester, Pa.

Neuroscience

Indoor Track & Field

Second Team All-Ivy in 5k at Ivy Indoor Heps; USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Team member

Matt Mullery

Jr.

Millstone, N.J.

History

Basketball

First Team All-Ivy; League's fourth-leading scorer (16.1 ppg); Led the League in field goal percentage (.606) and blocked shots (2.1 bpg)

Adam Pantel

Jr.

Mendham, N.J.

Computer Science/Math

Fencing

NCAA participant; NFC Fencer of the Year and First-Team All-Ivy selection; Compiled 26-1 record in Ivy matches

Dan Ricketts

Sr.

Baltimore, Md.

Math/Computer Science

Swimming & Diving

Second-Team All-Ivy in 100 Free; Broke four individual school records; member of two relay teams that broke school records

Matt Vokes

Sr.

Auburn, Mass.

Economics

Ice Hockey

Assistant captain; Second-Team All-Ivy; Brown's leading scorer with 28 points (11g, 17a)

Anna Bengston

Sr.

St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Geology/Biology

Women's Skiing

Team captain; four-time USCSA All-Academic

Danielle Grunloh

Jr.

Effingham, Ill.

Human Biology

Indoor Track & Field

First-Team All-Ivy in shot put at Ivy Indoor Heps; Beat her previous personal best in the shot put by three feet with a 50-10.75

Charlotte Rose

Sr.

Bethesda, Md.

Egyptology & Anthropology

Fencing

Second-Team All-NFC; Helped lead Brown to a 10-2 record in NFC matches

Charlotte Steel

Sr.

Greenwich, Conn.

Political Science

Squash

Playing at the No. 1 position, led Brown to a ninth-place finish at the Howe Cup National Championships

Nicole Stock

Sr.

Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Political Science

Ice Hockey

Second-Team All-Ivy and Third Team All-ECAC Hockey; Broke her own single-season record for saves and also set Brown career saves record


Columbia University

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Sherif Farrag

Sr.

Bayonne, N.J.

Middle East & Asian Languages/Cultures

Fencing

First-Team All-Ivy; ECAC IFA silver medalist

Patrick Foley

Jr.

Blue Point, N.Y.

History

Basketball

Third-Team Academic All-American, led Columbia in points per game (10.9 ppg) and ranked fourth in total points (208)

Zach Glassman

Sr.

Westmount, Que.

Economics

Swimming & Diving

Team captain: Set two Columbia records in the 100 and 200 breast at the Ivy Championships

Jeff Spear

Jr.

Wynantskill, N.Y.

Evolutionary Biology of Human Species

Fencing

First-Team All-Ivy; ECAC IFA Champion; Second-Team All-American

Stefan Vutescu

Jr.

Bucharest, Romania

Biochemistry

Indoor Track & Field

Ivy champion in 60m at Ivy Indoor Heps

Kathleen Barry

So.

Valley Center, Calif.

Economics

Basketball

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Second-Team Academic All-District; played in all 28 games

Tess Finkel

Jr.

New York, N.Y.

English

Fencing

First-Team All-Ivy; NCAA qualifier

Megan Lessard

Sr.

Manchester, N.H.

Creative Writing & Women's/Gender Studies

Indoor Track & Field

Mile champion at Ivy Indoor Heps; 3000 champion at ECAC Indoor Championships

Judie Lomax

So.

Washington, D.C.

Psychology

Basketball

First-Team All-Ivy; Led Division I in rebounding; Set Columbia's all-time single-season rebounding record

Nicole Ross

So.

New York, N.Y.

Art History

Fencing

First-Team All-Ivy; ECAC IFA Champion; NCAA Northeast Regional Gold Medalist; Second-Team All-American


Cornell University

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Colin Greening

Jr.

St. John’s, Newfoundland

Applied Economics & Management

Ice Hockey

First-Team All-Ivy; Second in the League in scoring with 12 points in 10 games

Bobby Harvey

Sr.

Spark, Md.

Landscape Architecture

Polo

Led team to a win at Eastern Regional Championship to qualify for the national tournament; named to the all-tournament team

Jordan Leen

Sr.

Soddy Daisy, Tenn.

Nutritional Sciences

Wrestling

Capped his career by placing third at the NCAA Tournament, earning his third All-America honor; 118-29 career record; Rank fifth in the Cornell history for career wins

Wes Newman

Sr.

Chateauguay, Que.

Applied Economics & Management

Swimming & Diving

Ivy champion in the 200 Freestyle; Set seven Cornell records at the Ivy Championships

Ryan Wittman

Jr.

Eden Prairie, Minn.

Applied Economics & Management

Basketball

First-Team All-Ivy; NABC First-Team All-Region

Lauren Benson

Jr.

Downers Grove, Ill.

Undeclared

Basketball

Second-Team All-Ivy; Second in the League with 5.2 assists per game

Dana Kendrick

Sr.

San Rafael, Calif.

Government/Economics

Equestrian

Tri-captain; Placed first in eight events; Qualified for the regional championships in both open flat and open fences

Jeomi Maduka

Sr.

Arlington, Texas

Biology & Society

Indoor Track & Field

First athlete, male or female, to win four events at one Ivy championship; Two indoor and five overall heps Most Outstanding Performer awards

Maddie Pearsall

So.

LaGrange, Ill.

Engineering

Gymnastics

NCAA Regional qualifier in the all-around

Jessica Tranquada

So.

Stony Brook, N.Y.

Undeclared

Fencing

Finished 20th in the foil at the NCAA Championships, upsetting the eventual silver medalist


Dartmouth College

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Andrew Ballentine

Sr.

Pendleton, Ind.

Geology

Swimming & Diving

Earned team's most inspirational award after breaking a Dartmouth record in the 400 IM at the Ivy Championships

Doug Jones

Fr.

Marietta, Ga.

Undeclared

Ice Hockey

Honorable Mention All-Ivy; ECAC All-Rookie Team; League's top scoring freshman with 28 points

Danny Markowitz

So.

Jericho, N.Y.

Undeclared

Ice Hockey

Two-time Academic All-Ivy; Played in all but four games notching three points

Ted Newhouse

Sr.

Bronxville, N.Y.

Government

Squash

Co-captain; Was 13-6 on the season, playing mainly at No. 2 and 3; Helped team to an 11-7 record

Patrick O’Brien

Jr.

Putney, Vt.

Environmental Studies

Skiing

Academic All-American; Finished seventh -- the highest-placing Eastern skier -- at the 2009 NCAA men's 20-kilometer freestyle race; Won the 2009 Sugarloaf Ski Marathon

Hannah Conant

So.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Undeclared

Squash

Played mainly at the No. 1 spot, earning a 10-7 overall record; Went 2-1 at the Howe Cup

Hannah Dreissigacker

Sr.

Morrisville, Vt.

Engineering Sciences

Skiing

All-American and Academic All-American; Helped team to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships, finishing 10th in the freestyle

Sarah Parsons

Jr.

Dover, Mass.

Sociology

Ice Hockey

Became Dartmouth’s 29th player to reach 100 career points; ECAC Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player; Led team to the NCAA championship with 12 points in five postseason games

Hillary Preston

Sr.

Medina, Wash.

Math/Religion

Swimming & Diving

Champion in the 50 freestyle and runner-up in the 100 freestyle, en route to setting three individual team records and three relay records, at the Ivy Championships

Darcy Rose

Sr.

Fort Collins, Colo.

Linguistics/French

Basketball

Second-Team All-Ivy averaging 9.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game for Dartmouth; COSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team; member of three Ivy championship teams


Harvard University

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Bill Jones

Sr.

Fremont, Mich.

Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

Swimming & Diving

Member of 200 medley relay that broke the meet record (1:27.61) at Ivy Championships; First-Team All-Ivy in 200 medley relay; Second-Team All-Ivy in 100 butterfly, 800 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay

Brian McCafferty

Sr.

Lexington, Mass.

Economics

Ice Hockey

Co-captain; Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award candidate; skated on Harvard’s top defensive pair on power play and penalty kill

J.P. O’Connor

Jr.

Oxford, N.Y.

Human Evolutionary Biology

Wrestling

Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy; EIWA Championships Runner-up; NCAA Championships qualifier

Benjamin Ungar

Sr.

New York, N.Y.

History & Science

Fencing

Co-captain; All-American; First-Team All-Ivy in epee ; 11-1 at Ivy round robins; Gold medal at IFA Championships; Third at NCAA Championships; two-time Academic All-Ivy

Brady Weissbourd

Sr.

Chicago, Ill.

Human Evolutionary Biology

Volleyball

Co-captain; two-time Academic All-Ivy; 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District

Jenny Brine

Sr.

Truro, N.S.

Economics

Ice Hockey

Co-captain; Wooden Cup semifinalist; Second-Team All-Ivy All-ECAC Hockey; 10th in Harvard history with 144 points (77g, 67a)

Becky Christensen

Sr.

Celina, Texas

Psychology

Indoor Track & Field

All-American; Fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the high jump; ECAC and Ivy champion in high jump

Alexandra Clarke

Jr.

Phoenix, Ariz.

History & Literature

Swimming & Diving

Set three individual Harvard records and a relay record at the Ivy Championships; Won 1000 freestyle and member of winning 800 freestyle relay team

Emily Cross

Sr.

New York, N.Y.

Biology

Fencing

Co-captain; All-American; First-Team All-Ivy in foil; Gold medal at NCAA Regionals; Third at NCAA Championships; two-time Academic; All-Ivy; Beijing Olympics silver medalist

Maria Larsson

Sr.

Stockholm, Sweden

History of Art & Architecture

Fencing

Second-Team All-Ivy League in epee; 14-4 record at Ivy round robins; Silver medal at NCAA Regionals and IFA Championships


University of Pennsylvania

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

John Carelli

Jr.

Allentown, Pa.

Finance, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Indoor Track & Field

Triple jump champion at Ivy Indoor Heps; Second-Team All-Ivy in long jump

Bobby Dickey

Sr.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Economics/Psychology

Squash

Went .500 in 2009 playing as a regular in Penn’s ladder

Kevin Egee

Sr.

Ridley Park, Pa.

Sociology

Basketball

Averaged 7.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and made seven starts in 2008-09

James Fee

Jr.

Needham, Mass.

Political Science

Swimming & Diving

Broke a Penn record and finished ninth at Ivy Championships; owns three Penn freestyle records

Ben Wieder

Sr.

Westfield, N.J.

Physics

Fencing

Honorable Mention All-America; First-Team All-Ivy in epee

Anna Aagenes

Jr.

Doylestown, Pa.

Gender, Culture & Society

Indoor Track & Field

Second-place finish in the 800 to tie for Penn’s best finish at Ivy Indoor Heps

Carrie Biemer

Sr.

Haddonfield, N.J.

Philosophy, Politics & Economics

Basketball

First-Team All-Ivy; Scored more than 1,000 career points

Jordan Brewer

Sr.

Durham, N.C.

Biological Basis of Behavior

Gymnastics

NCAA Regionals qualifier; First-Team All-ECAC in the floor exercise, Second-Team All-ECAC in the all-around

Danielle Kamis

So.

Gladwyne, Pa.

Undeclared

Fencing

NCAA Championships qualifier; Second-Team All-Ivy in foil

Sydney Scott

Jr.

Wilmington, Del.

Economics

Squash

First-Team All-Ivy player playing mostly No. 2 on the ladder


Princeton University

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Dan Bartlett

Jr.

Portland, Me.

Molecular Biology

Ice Hockey

Team’s leading scorer with 27 points (16g, 11a)

David Canner

Jr.

Burke, Va.

Chemistry

Squash

First-Team All-American; All-Ivy

Justin Frick

Jr.

Freehold, N.J.

English

Indoor Track & Field

High jump champion at Ivy Indoor Heps; First-Team All-Ivy; NCAA Championship participant

Doug Lennox

Sr.

Lake Forest, Ill.

Anthropology

Swimming & Diving

100 and 200 butterfly champion at Ivy Championships

John Stogin

So.

Wilmette, Ill.

Undeclared

Fencing

NCAA finalist in sabre

Jasjit Bhinder

Sr.

Newburgh, N.Y.

Molecular Biology

Fencing

All-America in epee

Katherine Dineen

Sr.

St. Paul, Minn.

History

Ice Hockey

First-Team All-Ivy; First-Team All-ECAC Hockey; Two-time ECAC Defenseman of the Year

Whitney Downs

Sr.

Franklin, Tenn.

Sociology

Basketball

Second-leading scorer (9.8 ppg); led team in steals (1.6 spg)

Katie Giarra

Sr.

Herndon, Va.

Politics

Swimming & Diving

Diver of the Meet at the Ivy championsips

Jolee VanLeuven

Sr.

Portland, Ore.

History

Indoor Track & Field

Set personal record in the 3000; Finished first in the 5000 at the Penn State meet with an NCAA provisional qualifying time


Yale University

Name

Year

Hometown

Major

Murat Kayali

Sr.

La Jolla, Calif.

History

Indoor Track & Field

Second-Team All-Ivy in the 3200 relay; Finished eighth in the 1000 at Ivy Indoor Heps

Ross Morin

Sr.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Political Science

Basketball

Second-Team All-Ivy; Seventh in the League in scoring (13.6 ppg.) and tied for fifth in rebounding (5.9 rpg.); Became the 22nd player in Yale history to reach 1,000 career points

Matt Nelson

Sr.

Westwood, Mass.

Economics

Ice Hockey

Team captain; Appeared in 30 games and with four goals and three assists; Scored the game-winning goal in victory over St. Lawrence in ECAC Tournament semifinal

Michael Pearce

Sr.

San Francisco, Calif.

Architecture

Fencing

Finished eighth in the epee at the NCAA Championships; First-Team All-Ivy; 9-4 record in Ivy competition

Alex Righi

Sr.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Political Science

Swimming & Diving

Team captain; Won the Moriarty Award as the top point scorer and the Ulen Trophy as the top career point scorer at the Ivy Championships; 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the Ivy Championships

Danielle Kozlowski

Sr.

Melrose, Mass.

Anthropology

Ice Hockey

Played in 116 out of a possible 122 games for her career; Key part of Yale's special teams units, which includes a penalty killing unit that killed off 61 of 68 penalties (.897) successfully over the last 17 games.

Alina Liao

Sr.

Saratoga, Calif.

English/Economics

Gymnastics

Team captain; ECAC Gymnast of the Year and all-around champion; Ivy Classic all-around and beam champion

Jennifer Lin

Sr.

Raynham, Mass.

Psychology

Indoor Track & Field

Team captain; First-Team All-Ivy in the 4x880 relay and Second-Team All-Ivy in the pentathlon (3,408 points) at Ivy Indoor Heps

Alexis Mann

Sr.

Ontario, Calif.

History

Swimming & Diving

Second-Team All-Ivy in the 200 freestyle relay and qualified for the 50 freestyle final at the Ivy Championships

Jamie Van Horne

Sr.

Healdsburg, Calif.

Psychology

Basketball

Team captain; Yale’s all-time leader in three-pointers (216); 62 threes in 2008-09 tied the Yale record; Only player to start all 28 games in 2008-09 and never missed a game in her career (110)



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